Process of cutting metal.



J; R. ROSE.

PROCESS OF CUTTING METAL. APPLICATION FILED 05d. 9. 1915.

1,242,243 Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

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JAMES R. ROSE, 0F EDGEWORTH, PENNSYLVANIA.-

rnoonss or CUTTING METAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 19117.

Original application filed July 15, 1915, Serial No. 39,986. Divided and this application filed December 9,

- 1915. Serial No. 65,955.

To all whom it may Cmu'v-rn: I

Be it known that 1.. JAMES R. Rose, a citizen of the United States, residing at Edgeworth, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania. have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Processes of Cutting Metal, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a process whereby metal may be cut by means of oxygen. The use of-oxygen for the purpose of cutting metal which has been preheated has been employed for many years, the cutting being erformed either by supplying an ex cess 0 oxygen to a flame produced by the :combustion of a mixture of oxygen with.

some other combustible gas 'or by directing a separate jet of oxygen against metal which has been so preheated. In the art, as it ex-' isted prior to my invention, it has been found practicall impossible to limit the zone of action 0 the cutting jet. This has been particularly true where attempts have been made to cut projections from a metal body or plate without injuring the body or plate and without leaving burs or projections above the same. By my process I am enabled to remove such projections as rivetheads protruding from the surfaces of boiler plates, steel cars, and the like, without cutting or digging into the bodies of the plates on the one hand and without leaving the burs or projections which heretofore have resulted from the attempts to avoid such cutting or digging.

In realizing my invention I prefer to use a torch or blow-pipe such as shown in the drawings hereto annexed, wherein Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through theblow-pipe or torch proper and the tubes leading thereto; Fig. 2 1s a longitudinal sectional view taken through the lower member of the tip, along the line 2-2 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view corresponding to the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4

is a bottom plan view of the tip of the blowpipe or torch; Fig. 5 is aside elevationpf my torch illustrating the manner in whlch it operates in connection with the cutting or removing of rivet heads from plates; and

' Fig. 6 a sectional view corresponding to the line 66 of Fig. 1.

Describing by reference characters the various parts illustratedin the drawings, A.

denotesthe head of a blow-pipe or torch and B the handle therefor; The head A comprises a body provided with two branches a and a extending at an angle to each other. The branch (1., in the operation -of the torch or blow-pipe, extends toward the article to be out while the branch 0, ex;

tends at nearly right angles from thebranch a. For convenience of description, .it will be assumed that the plate from which the said conical seat being provided with an' opening therethrough registering with a passageway. 5 which is provided in the branch a of the head.

The branch a (with the parts arranged as shown in the drawing) has the passageway 5 therein and a passage way 6 extending to and communicating with the upper portion of the chamber 2. The rear end of the passageway 6 communicates with the chamber 7, which is internally threaded for the reception of a plug 8 having a nozzle 9 at the front end thereof and a reduced bore 10 extending from the front end to a trans-- verse bore 11 which communicates at its opposite ends withv a recess in the plug forming, with the wall of the chamber 7 an annular receiving chamber 12. The rear or outer end of the plug 8 is provided with a head 13, suitable packing material14 being interposed between said head and the adjacent portion of the branch a. For convenience of manipulation, the plug 8 is provided with a slit 15 which is adapted to receive a screwdriver. The .front end of the chamber 7, in front of the nozzle 9, is provided with a passageway 16 extending downwardly and rearwardly, and a passageway '17 extends in like manner from the chamber formed about the recess 12.

A tube 18 extends rearwardly from the passageway 5 and conducts oxygen to the passageway 5. a A tube 19 extends rear-' wardly from the passageway 17 and serves to conduct oxygen thereto, while a tube 20 Coiiperating with the head and with thepipes and valve thus referred to is a special tip which is peculiarly adapted, in connec-' tion with the head and the gas-supplying de vices, to realize my process. The tip comprises generally an inner and an outer memer or section which, although detachably connected together, constitute in efi'ect a single tip. The upper member consists of a cylindrical body 22 having its upper-portlon'threaded, as shown at 23, and provided with a tapered or frusto-conical end 23, 25 which threaded portion and end coiiperate with the threaded portion of the shell 1 and the tapered seat 4. The'body 22 is provided with a central passageway .24, the upper end whereof is enlarged, as shown at 25,whereby it substantially registers with the discharge end of the passageway 5. The lower end of the member 22 extends somewhat below the lower end of the shell 1 and has its opposite sides flattened, as shown at 26, for the reception of a tool whereby the upper tip body may be conveniently applied to and removed from its seat within the burner shell or head. The lower or outer member of the ti comprises a body 26 the lower por ac tion 2 whereof is bent or deflected so as to form an angle with the portion 26. The body is provided with a central bore comprising an upper enlarged passageway 28 and a lower restricted passageway 28, the body being-bored first and afterward bent to the angular shape shown in the drawing. The passageway 28 communicates at its upper end with an enlar ed chamber 29 within the upper part of the ody 26, and this chamber is provided with an outwardly projecting flange 30 below the top of the ti body. This flange provides means where. y this body ma be secured to the lower end of the annu ar shell 1, said means being shown as comprising a gland nut 31 havin a flange GXtfiIldlflQ beneath the flan e 30, said nut being applied to the threa ed end '3 of the. shell 1. Packing 32 ma be inserted between the fiange 30 and t e bottom of said shell wall.

It will be observed that the chamber 29 is e suilicient greater diameter than the diameter of the body 22 to provide, between the lower end of said bod and the chamber, an annular passageway or the mixture of nterposed tubular stem, shown particularly oxygen and combustible gas which is to supply the preheating jet or jets In assemhng, it may happen that the lower end of the body v22 will not be centered with respect to the upper'body 26, thus interfering with the supply of oxygen and combustible gas to the chamber 29. To prevent such interference with the gas su ply, I provide the inner wall of the chamber 29 with a plurality of vertically extendin scores or recesses 33. In Fig. 6, I have s ownfour such recesses, two of which may constitute extensions of passageways extendin through the tip section 26 on each side of t e central passageway 28. It will be observed that the passageway 28 is centrally. arranged with respect to the body 26 in one plane, but that it is so deflected in another plane that its discharge end is closely adjacent to one edge 34: of the ti as rectangu ar. In fact, the discharge end of the oxygen passagewa will be located as close as possible to this e ge of the discharge end of the tip. The upper end of the passageway 28 is tapered, as indicated at 28, and the lower end of the passageway 24.- is also tapered, as indicated at 24. The two tip sections are connected and their bores placed in communication by means of an in Fig. 1. This tubular inner stem has a driven, swaged fit within the lower part of the passageway 24 and within the upper part of the passageway 28, bein tapered by being enlarged at its center as shown in an exaggerated degree at 35), and gradually dimmishing in cross sectional area on each side of this enlargement, as shown at 36,- the tapered portions corresponding to and forming a close driving connection with the corresponding tapered parts 24 and 28 of the passagewa s 24: and 28. This construction enables t e two ti sections to be assembled and disassembled and provides a leak-proof connection between their bores.

Tn forming two of the recesses 33 in the wall ofthe chamber 29, the drill, after forming such segmental recesses, may be continued into the body of the lower tip section thereby forming a pair of passageways 37. These passageways will preferably be formed in substantially the same plane as the passageway 28 whereby the outlet or dlscharge ends of the three passageways 28 and 3'? will be in substan- .tially the same planeeparallel to and as close as possible to the edge 34: of the lower end of the tip section 26. It is an important feature, in carrying out my'invention, that the-preheating means be employed, 125.

its lower end whereby branch passageways end, the tip end being shown as i 37 extend through the lower end of the tip section 26, the discharge ends of said branch passageways (assuming the torchto be used upon a rivet head or other projection extending upwardly from a plate) being located above the discharge ends of the passageways 37 and in a plane parallel with the plane of the discharge ends of the passageways 28 and 37.-

For convenience of manipulation, the lower end of the tip section 26 is beveled gradually away from the edge 34, as shown at 34, thereby enabling the tip to be sup ported with this beveled face resting upon the metal plate and in position to direct the 1 preheating jets discharged through the passageways 37 and the oxygen jet discharged through the passageway 28 against the rivet head (or other projection) as closely as practically possible'to the line of junction between the rivet head and the plate. As previously stated, the boring of the passageways 28 and 37-, 37 will'be accomplished before the bendin of the lower tipsection 2G and this boring may conveniently be performed by employing two drills for each passageway, the drill for the lower portions of the passageways being smaller than that used in boring the upper portions.

The manner of connecting the tip .to the head makes the torch extremely convenient of operation. The upper tip section having been secured in place, the lower section. is applied thereto and is turned to whatever direction may be desirable; the tubular stem may be applied to either one of the two tip sections before the assembling operation and inserted into the other tip section when the sections are assembled. The gland nut serves to retain the two parts of the tip in operative relation to each other. 'If it is desired to change the angle of the lower section with reference to the head, this may be readily accomplished by merely slacking up on-the'gland 'nut, turning the lower section to the desired position, and then setting up on the nut.

It will be understood that suitable valves will be provided for supplying a mixture of oxygen and a combustible gas or fluid to the preheating jets, through the pipes 19 and 20, and that a suitable valve will be provided for controlling the supply of oxygen through the pipe 18. In fact the'apparatus or blow-pipe disclosed herein is illustrated, described and claimed in my copending application No. 39,936 filed July. 15, 1915 of which this application is a division.

In Fig. 5 I have shown the position of the lower section of the tip, and of the passageways thereo to the metal plate and to the projection (rivet head) during the cuttingoperation. By arranging the preheating jets at each side of the oxygen jet and closely adjacent to the face 34, the cutting of the rivet or other projection 38 may be accomplished in a plane substantially coincident with theplane of the junction of the projection and the metal plate -39, the torch being moved in the direction of such:

plane. Using only a pair of preheating tically coincident with the plane of junction of the projection and the metal plate, and without injury to the partsbeneaththe cut, the preheating of the metal in the plane above the cutting plane setting up above such cutting plane the conditions'necessar'y to secure this result; in other words, there is provided above the oxygen jet and above the desired cutting line. or plane all the softened metal that is necessary to enable the oxygen to perform its cutting operation and without striking down or affecting the metal in the projection or rivet and in the plate beneath such line or plane. This en able'sme to bring the lower line of openings closer to the bottom of the tipthan has heretofore been considered practicable and hence to direct the jets from these openings against the rivet or projection at substantially the junction of the same with the plate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The process of cutting metal projecv tions from bodies or plates which consists.

in directing an oxidizing jet along substantially the plane of junction between the body and the projection and preventing the oxidizing action from extending from the cutting plane in the directionof the body or plate.

2.' The process of cutting metal projections from metal bodies or plates which consists in directing an oxidizing jet and one or more ignited preheating jets along substantially the plane. of junction of the 'body or plate and the projection and in limiting the oxidizing action to a zone extending outwardly from such plane, whereby the body or plate will not be oxidized and injured.

3. The process of cutting a metallic projection from a metallic body or plate which consists in directing an oxidizingjet and one or more ignited preheating jets against such projection and in a plane substanbody'or plate and such projection and also directing only against such projection one .or more ignited heating jets in a plane spaced from the first mentioned plane, whereby the cutting of the metal of the projection will be substantially limited to the space included between said planes and oxidizing and injury of the plate or body will be avoided.

4. The process of'cutting a metallic projection from a body or plate which consists in preheating such projection, directing an oxidizing jet along substantially the plane of junction of the projection and the body or plate, and softening the metal of the outer portion only of't'he projection whereby the cutting performed by the oxygen will not strike inwardly or toward the body or plate,

naaaaee more ignited preheating? jets and an ox dizing jet, directing only against such tallic projection in a plane outside of and spaced from'the first mentioned jet or jets one or more heating jets, and moving the jets along substantially the line of junction of the projection and the body or plate, the.

direction of movement being in substantially the plane of such jets.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature.

o JAMES R. ROSE. Witness:

N, I. MCFARLAND. 

